[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S470-S472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 218. A bill to approve certain advanced biofuel 
     registrations, to require the consideration of certain 
     advanced biofuel pathways, and to reduce greenhouse gas 
     emissions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 219. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to increase the amount of certain payments during the 
     emergency period resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. 
             Collins, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Schatz, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. 
             Sullivan):
       S. 220. A bill to provide emergency relief to youth, 
     children, and families experiencing homelessness, in light of 
     the health and economic consequences of COVID-19; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Ernst, and 
             Mr. Cardin):
       S. 221. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry 
     out a grant program to increase cooperation on post-traumatic 
     stress disorder research between the United States and 
     Israel; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Coons, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Brown, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 222. A bill to establish American opportunity accounts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, and 
             Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 223. A bill to establish the Office to Enforce and 
     Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 224. A bill to support research on privacy enhancing 
     technologies and promote responsible data use, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 225. A bill to reform the antitrust laws to better 
     protect competition in the American economy, to amend the 
     Clayton Act to modify the standard for an unlawful 
     acquisition, to deter anticompetitive exclusionary conduct 
     that harms competition and consumers, to enhance the ability 
     of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission 
     to enforce the antitrust laws, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 226. A bill to protect journalists and other members of 
     the press from gross violations of internationally recognized 
     human rights, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 227. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to provide grants for deployment of 
     renewable fuel infrastructure, to finalize proposed rules 
     relating to requirements for E15 fuel dispenser labeling and 
     underground storage tank compatibility, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 228. A bill to promote antitrust enforcement and protect 
     competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, and 
     increasing antitrust enforcement resources; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 229. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to permit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to 
     terminate the insured status of a depository institution that 
     refuses to provide services to certain Federal contractors, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 230. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to codify certain infection control and 
     emergency preparedness regulations, to prohibit a reduction 
     in the frequency of surveys of skilled nursing facilities and 
     nursing facilities, and to prohibit the waiver of certain 
     reporting requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Carper, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 231. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to develop guidance for 
     firefighters and other emergency response personnel on best 
     practices to protect them from exposure to PFAS and to limit 
     and prevent the release of PFAS into the environment, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 232. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a discretionary 
     spending limit for infrastructure spending; to the Committee 
     on the Budget.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Cruz, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 233. A bill to designate the Rocksprings Station of the 
     U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in 
     Rocksprings, Texas, as the ``Donna M. Doss Border Patrol 
     Station''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 234. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an income tax credit for eldercare expenses; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 235. A bill to amend the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
     of 1973 to establish an online service platform for 
     volunteers in the National Senior Service Corps; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Peters, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 236. A bill to improve activities for the gathering of 
     data on, and the tracking of, new variants of COVID-19; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 237. A bill to provide funds through the Social Services 
     Block Grant program for diaper assistance; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 238. A bill to establish name, image, likeness, and 
     athletic reputation rights for college athletes, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Young, Mr. 
             Cruz, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 239. A bill to permanently enact certain appropriations 
     Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and 
     involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       S. 240. A bill to support children with disabilities during 
     the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. 
             Wicker):
       S. 241. A bill to provide for congressional approval of 
     national emergency declarations, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 242. A bill to provide for an extension of temporary 
     financing of short-time compensation programs; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Daines, 
             Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 243. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement 
     accounts to include rollovers for charitable life-income 
     plans for charitable purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 244. A bill to amend section 242 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to include the use of chokeholds and carotid 
     holds as a deprivation of rights and as a punishment, pain, 
     or penalty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Carper, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Coons, Mr. King, and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 245. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance 
     for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to 
     newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion 
     takes place, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 246. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants to support schools of nursing in program 
     enhancement and infrastructure modernization, increasing the 
     number of nursing faculty and students, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
             Mr. Risch, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Romney, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 247. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the 
     private sector; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Reed, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Bennet, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Murphy, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
             Hirono, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Merkley, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 248. A bill to provide paid family and medical leave 
     benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Leahy):
       S. 249. A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. 
             Shaheen):
       S. 250. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to limitations on exclusive 
     approval or licensure of orphan drugs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 251. A bill to provide that for purposes of determining 
     compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
     in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a 
     person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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  On page S471, February 4, 2021, in the third column, the 
following appears: By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
Cruz, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Tuberville): S. 251. A bill to provide 
that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX. . .
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: By Mr. LEE (for 
himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, 
Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. 
Hyde-Smith, Ms. Ernst Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Paul): S. 251. A bill 
to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title 
IX. . .


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           By Mr. REED:
       S. 252. A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act 
     to provide additional funding for States, Tribal governments, 
     and local communities due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     (COVID-19) public health emergency, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Kaine, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 253. A bill to expand research on the cannabidiol and 
     marihuana; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Kaine, 
             Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Ossoff, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Schatz, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 254. A bill to establish a Homeowner Assistance Fund at 
     the Department of the Treasury; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 255. A bill to establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant 
     Revitalization Fund to provide structured relief to food 
     service or drinking establishments, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
             Lujan):
       S. 256. A bill to provide funding for humanitarian relief 
     at the southern border of the United States; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 257. A bill to establish a Governor's Emergency STEM 
     Promotion Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 258. A bill to help small businesses access capital and 
     create jobs by reauthorizing the successful State Small 
     Business Credit Initiative; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
             King, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 259. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to allow for the personal importation of safe 
     and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 260. A bill to provide immigration status for certain 
     battered spouses and children; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 261. A bill to allow 2020 recovery rebates with respect 
     to qualifying children over the age of 16 and other 
     dependents; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 262. A bill to allow tax credits to State and local 
     governments for paid sick leave and paid family and medical 
     leave; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Rosen, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 263. A bill to preserve health benefits for workers; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 264. A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and 
     adjustment of status of certain individuals who are long-term 
     United States residents and who entered the United States as 
     children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 265. A bill to establish a grant program to provide 
     amounts to public housing agencies to install automatic 
     sprinkler systems in public housing, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 266. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to use authorities under the Defense Production Act 
     of 1950 to prioritize contracts necessary to promote pandemic 
     preparedness and response, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       S. 267. A bill to increase the Federal share of operating 
     costs for certain projects that receive grants under the 
     Formula Grants to Rural Areas Program of the Federal Transit 
     Administration; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Markey, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Wyden, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 268. A bill to protect certain whistleblowers seeking to 
     ensure accountability and oversight of the Nation's COVID-19 
     pandemic response, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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